If you've an iPhone or Android smartphone, you can get a totally free hot drink (normally up to £2) at Greggs when you download its rewards app. You can choose any regular-size hot drink (tea, latte, cappuccino, etc) and you don't need to buy anything to get the freebie.

Simply download the Greggs Rewards app for Apple or Android and register within the app. The freebie appears automatically in the 'Rewards' section of the app once signed in and is valid for 31 days after signing up.

When you order your drink, have your smartphone handy at the counter. Instead of paying, open the app and press 'scan now' ready for staff to scan the barcode that appears on your screen.

Greggs told us this is an ongoing offer for new sign ups, but as always with this type of deal, it could end anytime.

There are two ways to claim a free cuppa here. Firstly, you can get a free hot drink when you first download the Caffè Nero loyalty app and enter the code WELCOMETONERO2019. You have 14 days to redeem the offer after entering your code.

You don't have to attach a payment card to your app if you just want the freebie.

Free hot drink via O2 Priority every week...

Secondly, smartphone users can get a free Caffè Nero hot drink from 12pm noon on Tuesdays or Wednesdays via O2 Priority. Simply show your code to staff at the checkout. Previously, we've heard from users unable to get the codes after 3pm, so it's worth going early if you like this deal.

Sign up for a myWaitrose loyalty card (hit 'Join myWaitrose' after clicking through) and get a 'free' regular-sized tea or coffee in store every day from the self-serve machine, when you make a purchase. Some purchases are excluded, eg, 5p bags (see 'more info' below for full list), but a 10p banana should do it if all you're really after is a MoneySaving brew.

Choose from Americano, cappuccino, latte, tea, mocha or espresso. If you haven't got one already, you'll receive your myWaitrose loyalty card within five weeks of signing up via the link above. Then simply walk in with your own reusable cup (see below), make a purchase and swipe your card at the till, and finally dispense your free drink.

Why do I have to provide my own cup?

Waitrose used to hand out disposable coffee cups for this freebie, but in 2018 it stopped this for environmental reasons (see our Waitrose ditches disposable cups news story). For where else you can save with a reusable cup, see MSE Rhiannon's Cup Discounts guide.

One free drink per member, per day. Offer excludes hot chocolate and isn't valid at Costa concessions, petrol filling stations, Shell and Welcome Break. Can't be used with other cafe or hot drink offers, or the cafe loyalty card.

When you shop in store at Ikea (find your nearest), you can get a free cup of tea or filter coffee when you swipe an Ikea Family card at the in-store restaurant. Ikea Family is just the name of its free loyalty card scheme. You can sign up online or in store.

You can get it anytime Monday to Friday, but not at weekends, and Ikea says you'll only need one Ikea Family card to get free drinks for everyone you're with. But of course, staff may raise an eyebrow if you turn up with a coach-load all wanting the freebie.

You can get a free regular-sized hot drink in store every day with a Booths card as long as you bring your own reusable cup and show your loyalty card. If you don't have a cup you'll get it half price. Choose from tea, hot chocolate, latte, Americano, white Americano and cappuccino.

You can only get this offer with a permanent Booths card - if you haven't got one already, you'll need to pick up a temporary card in store and register it to receive your permanent card. Booths says you'll receive this within two weeks if you register over the phone or online, but if you register via post it could take up to 30 days.

If you regularly shop at a Paperchase* flagship store (see below), pick up its Treat Me loyalty card to get a free filter coffee up to the value of £2.05 at the Tinderbox café in store when you show your receipt from a purchase.

You can sign up to the card in store at Paperchase on the day to get the offer, but you'll have to activate it online* whilst you're there.

You can get one 'free' coffee every seven days, you can also get 10% off food in the café with this offer. See full T&Cs*.

Smartphone users can get a free Caffè Nero hot drink from midday on Tuesdays or Wednesdays only via the O2 Priority Moments app. Simply show the code from the app to staff at the checkout. Previously we've had reports of users unable to get the codes after 3pm so it's worth going quick if you'd like this deal.

Hot drinks available in any size include (prices are for take-out, costs 10p extra to drink in stores):

MSE Rhiannon says:

This offer is great as you get a loyalty card stamp when you claim your free drink, so after 9 stamps (free or not) you'll get an 10th hot drink free, too! Great for weeks where one caffeine hit on the go isn't enough. What's more, if you bring your own re-usable cup, you'll get two stamps per drink when you pay, or one stamp if you're using the Caffè Nero app and the O2 freebie.

Free protection for all shopping!

There's a little-known piece of legislation that turns any credit card into a financial self-defence superhero. 'Section 75' of the Consumer Credit Act means your plastic must protect anything you buy for more than £100 for free, so if there's a problem or the company goes bust, you can still get your money back.

And although Section 75 doesn't apply to debit cards, there is something else to fall back on if you've paid using a debit card, or used a credit card for a purchase under £100. Known as Chargeback, this is part of banks' and card companies' internal rules and not a legal requirement. Read full details of Section 75 or Chargeback, plus how to claim, in our guides.

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